http://www.darjanpanic.com/photography/masters-of-photography/robert-mapplethorpe-and-his-flower-art-photography/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.darjanpanic.com/photography/masters-of-photography/robert-mapplethorpe-and-his-flower-art-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Theresa Haffner Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:13:43 +0000 http://www.darjanpanic.com/?p=611#comment-2027 Wonderful flower portraiture (also very stately when reproduced in black and white). But it is not our interest in botany or floral arrangement that draws our attention while the illustrations from a biology textbook or nursery catalog do not Given the artist’s notoriety and the fact that he often exhibited them in small groupings of two or more combined with his more explicit subject matter, these photographs even when viewed apart from the rest become imbued with an intense submerged eroticism unparalleled in the annals of horticulture. Wonderful flower portraiture (also very stately when reproduced in black and white). But it is not our interest in botany or floral arrangement that draws our attention while the illustrations from a biology textbook or nursery catalog do not Given the artist’s notoriety and the fact that he often exhibited them in small groupings of two or more combined with his more explicit subject matter, these photographs even when viewed apart from the rest become imbued with an intense submerged eroticism unparalleled in the annals of horticulture.

]]> http://www.darjanpanic.com/photography/masters-of-photography/robert-mapplethorpe-and-his-flower-art-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Delmus Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:22:19 +0000 http://www.darjanpanic.com/?p=611#comment-1919 Great collection of flowers from this artist! Great collection of flowers from this artist!

]]> http://www.darjanpanic.com/photography/masters-of-photography/robert-mapplethorpe-and-his-flower-art-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Art Quilt | Quilts....etc. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:02:13 +0000 http://www.darjanpanic.com/?p=611#comment-1918 [...] 30 x 30 and I made it for my daughters birthday.    This quilt was designed from a photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.  If you scroll down through that link you will find rows of flower photos that he did - this one [...] [...] 30 x 30 and I made it for my daughters birthday.    This quilt was designed from a photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.  If you scroll down through that link you will find rows of flower photos that he did – this one [...]

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